The excavation of the unplundered Pre- and Proto-Palatial Minoan Cemetery (2800-1800 BC) at Petras Siteia in eastern Crete continued for the 12th season under the direction Dr. Metaxia Tsipopoulou, with excellent results. Minoan site of Petras [Credit: Petras Excavations Facebook]In previous years some 17 monumental tombs, a funerary rock shelter, three pits and two extensive ritual spaces erected and used by prominent families of the...

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